2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY THE CAR HAD GONE LIMP AS IF IT WAS LOSING POWER. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE MY CAR BEGAN JERKING. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE THEN RESTARTED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT HAD GONE OFF AND THE CAR DROVE FINE. THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND ON MY WAY THERE THE CAR STALLED OUT ON ME TWICE MORE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY ENROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT WILL COST ME SOMEWHERE AROUND $400 AND THE PARTS (THROTTLE BODY) ARE ON BACK ORDER BY THE MANUFACTURER AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY ARE TO BE EXPECTED IN FROM THE MANUFACTURER. I CALLED AROUND TO DIFFERENT AUTOPART STORES AND OTHER FORD REPAIR SHOPS AND EVERYONE IS SAYING THE SAME THING. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE BY THE MANUFACTURER. THIS TELLS ME THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THESE PARTS TO BE ON BACK ORDER AND NO ONE IS ABSORBING THE COSTS FOR A RENTAL CAR WHILE FORD TRY WORK ON THE PROBLEM. SUCH A HORRIBLE TIME TO OWN A FORD FUSION RIGHT NOW. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE AGAIN. IT'S LIKE THEY DO NOT EVEN CAR ABOUT THEIR CONSUMERS. SOOOO DISAPPOINTING. *TR

MY WIFE DRIVING A 2010 FORD FUSION WITH WAS DRIVING DOWN I 75 IN DETROIT AROUND 9:30 AM TO WORK, WHEN ALL SUDDEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT ( YELLOW WRENCH) STARTED BLINKING RAPIDLY. SHE COULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH IS WAS PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GROUND. THE ENGINE STARTED SHUDDERING AND SHAKING. MY WIFE MANAGED TO STEER THE VEHICLE TOWARDS THE EXIT ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVERS BEHIND HER STARTED TO BRAKE AS HER VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. SHE MANAGED TO TAKE THE NEXT EXIT AND PULL IN GAS STATION WHERE SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER ABOUT A 5 MIN SHE STARTED THE CAR. SHE DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. SHE WENT HOME AND CALLED ME. AT HOME I PUT A CODE READER ON THE CAR AND FOUND IT HAD THE ERROR P2111. INVESTIGATING THIS FURTHER TELLS ME IT IS DUE TO FUEL INJECTION THROTTLE BODY. I CALLED THE DEALER HUNTINGTON FORD IN ROCHESTER HILLS, MI WHO WANTS ME TO BRING THE CAR FOR CHECKUP WITH SCANNER ( COSTS ABOUT $96). SINCE THE CAR HAS 58300 MILES ON IT IS NO LONGER COVERED BY FACTORY WARRANTY. I AM CONCERNED THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I DO SEE THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH 2010 FORD FUSIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND RETRIEVED AN ERROR CODE THAT INDICATED THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED A MONTH AGO. AS I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR'S ENGINE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AND WRENCH (THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION) LIGHT CAME ON. I ROLLED TO A STOP AT THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. IN PARK, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE SO, I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER A MINUTE I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, THE CAR SEEMED TO RUN FINE AFTERWARDS WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I CALLED THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT IF I SHOULD HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT AND WAS TOLD NO SINCE THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON. TODAY(5/22/13), THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS GOING 50 MPH AND HAD TO PULL PROMPTLY TO SHOULDER TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE UNSUSPECTING DRIVER BEHIND ME. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GO A FEW FEET BEFORE THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I AGAIN PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AGAIN. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SEVERAL MORE TIMES ON MY DRIVE HOME. I AM HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES THAT I HAD TO QUICKLY PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND GET TO THE SHOULDER, LUCKILY NEVER CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE, AND THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. LUCKILY, I WAS IN THE OUTSIDE LANE AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. I LET THE CAR REST FOR A MINUTE, THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND DROVE WITH NO PROBLEM. MY EXPERIENCE APPEARS IDENTICAL TO THOSE WHO HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER, AND FORD DEALERS CHARGE 3 TIMES AS MUCH AS INDEPENDENT MECHANICS TO FIX IT. IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IF THE PROBLEM IS SO PERVASIVE THAT THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE IT IS USED SO MUCH, THIS SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK, OUR 2010 FORD FUSION SPUTTERED AND STALLED. AFTER RESTARTING, THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPUTTER AND WE BROUGHT IT INTO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD DEGRADED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AT FORD DEALERSHIPS REGULARLY AND ON-TIME. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY LAST MONTH. OUR PROBLEM APPEARS TO REFLECT THE NHTSA'S ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF FORD ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURES. REF: HTTP://WWW.NCCONSUMER.ORG/NEWS%20ARTICLES/NHTSA%20OPENS%20INVESTIGATION%20INTO%202005-2012%20FORD%20ESCAPE%20VEHICLES%20FOLLOWING%20PETITION%20FROM%20NCCC.HTML. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. I TURNED ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND COASTED INTO THE TURN LANE, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, I DROVE ANOTHER 3 MILES AND HAD STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE INTO THE TURN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AGAIN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER AND VERY LITTLE TIME TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE INTO A SAFE PLACE. *TR

FUSION CUT POWER BECAUSE OF A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS RETURNED A CODE P2112 AND P2111 ON MY CODE READER. ONCE PUT INTO THE SHOP, THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME IT MAY BE WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE A PART IS AVAILABLE AND I AM CURRENTLY WITHOUT A VEHICLE. MY WARRANTY ONLY COVERED FOR 3 DAYS FOR RENTAL SO NOW I DO NOT HAVE A CAR. VERY FRUSTRATING. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND OUTER DRIVE BARELY CROSSING PELHAM MY FUSION LOST POWER AS DESCRIBED BY ALL OTHER THOTTLE BODY FAILURES I HAVE READ. I WAS ALMOST REARENDED BY A TRUCK BEHIND ME THAT WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE LIGHT. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A BACKORDER ON THE THROTTLE BODY ASSMBLIES AND I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE UNTIL THEY DELIVER.. *TR

THIS SITUATION FIRST CAME TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE CAR STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO PRESS THE GAS AND THEN SPUTTERED OUT AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITH THE CHECK WRENCH SHOWING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN STARTED THE CAR AND DROVE OFF. I WAS VERY CONCERNED WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY A THROTTLE BODY OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST A BAD BATCH OF GAS. THEY STATED NOT TO GET IT CHECK UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN, SO OVER THIS WEEKEND AT ALL TIMES I'M HEADING OUT TO MY FRIENDS CAMP GROUND 80 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE WRENCH WENT ON AND I COULD NOT PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AT 70MPH. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED IT OFF AS IT SPUTTERED AGAIN. IT STARTED UP AND I WAS ALREADY 60 MILES INTO THE TRIP SO I WENT ON AND 10 MILES MORE DOWN THE ROAD IT STALLED AGAIN AT 60MPH. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AT THE EXIT AND IT STALLED ABOUT ANOTHER 15 MILES ON A COUNTRY ROAD GOING ABOUT 50MPH WITH NOW WHERE TO PULL OVER AND AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL. IF A CAR WOULD OF BEEN FOLLOWING ME, IT MOST LIKELY WOULD OF SMASHED INTO MY REAR END WITH THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. . I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED 80MILES TO A DEALER SHIP BUT WAS GOING TO CHANGE OUT THE PART MYSELF BUT ALL THE FORD PARTS PLACE ARE OUT OF THE THROTTLE BODY AND THEY HAVE CARS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THROTTLE BODIES FOR WEEKS. I KNOW IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY BECAUSE OF THE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH THE 2010 FUSION AND ALSO THE CODE THAT THE COMPUTER READ OFF THAT I BORROWED FORM AUTOZONE. THIS IS NOW GOING TO SIT AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR WEEKS AND THEY ARE TO CHARGE ME ABOUT 500 DOLLARS FOR A CAR PART THAT HAS ONLY 28000 MILES ON IT AND SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH MALFUNCTONING THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENTS DO TO ELECTRICAL OR WHATEVER LEMON PART. *TR